Mediation talks between Apple and Samsung have been confirmed to have failed

Apple and Samsung Electronics have failed to settle their latest patent dispute despite a daylong meeting between top Samsung executives and Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, hosted by a mediator earlier this month. The companies detailed the lack of progress in a court filing on Friday. Judge Lucy H. Koh of the United States District Court in San Jose has been pushing the sides to settle the two-year-old case. While the two sides said they remained willing to work through a mediator, the lack of a settlement points them toward a trial in March. Apple and Samsung, the world’s top two smartphone makers, have waged legal battles over mobile devices since Apple accused Samsung of copying the iPhone and the iPad in 2011. Later, Samsung claimed that Apple had used its technologies without permission, expanding battles to courts in Asia, Europe and North America.